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Exhibited during the CES 2012, Intel’s Nikiski is a laptop built with a transparent touchpad that can serve as a touchscreen as well. When the laptop is closed, the visible gap then converts into a touchscreen, not only displaying a custom Windows 8-esque “Metro” interface, but allowing the users to view power settings, the date/ time or check out their emails without opening up the laptop’s lid. Intel gives no information about the device’s launching time but announced that the Nikiski will be retailed for less than $600 (USD).

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OLPC XO-3 is a tablet computer designed by San Francisco studio Fuseproject for the “One Laptop Per Child” project, which aims to distribute cheap, full-functional and self-powered tablets to kids in the developing countries. The OLPC XO-3 comes with a green rubber border and a removable cover that houses a solar cell to charge internal batteries. So whenever you need to charge your OLPC XO-3 tablet, simply split off the cover, put it under the sunshine for a while, and then done.

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Yes, I know my computer keyboard is full of harmful micro-organisms here and there, but who else’s are not the same? Since a “polluted” keyboard is unavoidable, we would have to face the fact or get Vioguard’s Self-Sanitizing Keyboard instead. Using germicidal ultraviolet light (UV-C), the keyboard kit can kill more than 99.9 percent of harmful micro-organisms (flu germs and antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria included) within seconds…

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Use your head and hands, and then you’ll create something simple but magical, just as this privacy monitor. Designed and made with an old LCD monitor, the device looks all white to everybody except you, as you’re wearing “magic” glasses. But why and how? Check out the link below for more details and you may even try to make your own privacy monitor too.

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The Lenovo Company has recently launched its Windows 7-based IdeaCentre Q180, which is announced to the world’s smallest desk-top computer.

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Apparently the computers will become much smaller than we’ve ever imagined, because we people may finally serve as part of the computer. Or in other words, the computer is rightly built in human bodies. Put forward by a team from Washington University, the new contact lenses are embedded with a mini computer that enables people to read their emails directly via the contact lenses. The mini computer’s circuits are made from layers of metal, only several nanometres thick and thus thin enough for comfortable wearing. But is it safe to have circuits in our eyes? That still needs to be further researched and developed.

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Welcome the Penclic Mouse to America and Canada. As a pen-shaped mouse that ensures the users a comfortable working experience, this Swedish-designed mouse will finally come to the North America where it would be available at Best Buy, Walmart and other major retailers. Till now its price is not yet confirmed, but it is quite sure that the device will be sold in both wired and wireless versions, just as in Europe.

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Cideko’s Air Keyboard would bring us a new experience with wireless keyboards. It is embedded with a 3D motion sensing mouse, which will detect the keyboard’s motion to control the cursor on computer screen. Thus the users merely need to move the keyboard up and down/left and right in the air, they can then use the device as a wireless mouse too. It is also integrated with an earphone and a microphone, allowing the users to enjoy music or chat online from a long distance. The wireless keyboard is rechargeable, and compatible with both PCs, Macs and Linux computers. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Till now, the International Funkausstellung Berlin 2011 has brought us many surprising designs and products, and today we’d like to add a new one to the list of innovative electronics. It is Sony’s “Lenticular Sheet”, a thin film that can be places in front of any laptop screens to turn them into glass-free 3D displays. With such a product, 3D fanciers would then enjoy 3D films without needing to wear glasses any more. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The king of laptop is here. From gScreen, the SpaceBook is the world’s first dual-screen laptop that features two 17″ full HD displays with a gorgeous resolution of 1920 X 1080 pixels. Even so, the new laptop measures merely 4.54kg, lightweight enough to ensure people an easy transportation. It is planned to be launched to the world in November, but now you can make an order via gScreen with a down payment of $695.00 or $795.00. [Read the rest of this entry...]

This Mini Desktop Computer must have tricked your eyes, as it looks like small toys on the picture. But it is “announced” to be real computer available for use in the video below. [Read the rest of this entry...]

USB devices? Not exactly, it is actually a design that allows data transfer between two computers connected to the Internet. It consists of two USB parts for two separate computers. When you plug them to two computers, files and folders will then be exchanged between the two computers. Especially, the 256-bit AES encryption guarantees a secure connection so that you can always keep your data safe. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Long before, common mouse for computers was named so mainly because the device has a long wire that looks like mouse’s tails. And now, Elecom Nendo Oppopet’s wireless mouse has “real” animal’s tail, so cute! [Read the rest of this entry...]

“Weird” and “huge” is mentioned frequently when we talk about the Evoluent VerticalMouse. It seems not that smart on the pictures, however one will find it comfort and convenient to use the mouse after they’ve tried it personally. Moreover, the big mouse can even relieve your wrist pain, according to many users. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Although trying to shove in the USB Plug from its right side wouldn’t take up too much of our time, we still prefer to solve that problem because we may damage the head if we do in the wrong way. What we need is the Double U USB Port, a new gadget designed by Ma Yi Xuan that can always ensure us a convenient using, because either side is a right side. Really functional! [Read the rest of this entry...]